When you go under, your brain doesn’t just sleep.

Tones, oddball sounds and words can spark brain cell responses, hinting at nuanced processing without consciousness.

Seven epilepsy patients lay unconscious on operating tables at Baylor College of Medicine, their brains exposed for surgery, ...

Nestled in the core of the brain is the hippocampus, a little curve of tissue central to memory and learning. It serves as a ...

General anesthesia can lead to some minor side effects, such as nausea or grogginess. When is general anesthesia used, and is it safe? General anesthesia is very safe. Even if you have significant ...

Opioid overdose's respiratory depression can damage oxygen-sensitive brain cells, produce lasting cognitive and emotional ...

One day in the nineteen-eighties, a woman went to the hospital for cancer surgery. The procedure was a success, and all of the cancer was removed. In the weeks afterward, though, she felt that ...

Doctors may use general anesthesia during delivery if regional anesthesia is not a suitable option. Doctors typically reserve general anesthesia for surgical deliveries, such as cesarean deliveries.

The state of sedation, analgesia, amnesia and muscle paralysis is called general anesthesia. In other words, general anesthesia is an induced, reversible and controlled loss of consciousness. This ...

Parnell today announced the launch of Sevoflurane Inhalation Anesthetic, expanding its anesthesia portfolio to better support ...

The operating room minute is often thought of as the most expensive unit in healthcare (link), and ongoing workforce shortages in anesthesia have pushed OR-staffing and coordination issues to the ...